Table-dish.



A. Y. MCDONALD & D. SULLIVAN.

TABLE DISH.

APPLICATION FILED 0501.1913.

251 5 9 Patented Jan. i, 12%.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER Y. MCDONALD AND DANIEL SULLIVAN, OF GLACE BAY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

TABLE-DISH.

Application filed December 1, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER Y. MCDONALD and DANIEL SULLIVAN, of Glace Bay, in the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Table- Dishes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in table dishes, and the object is to prevent the dripping of gravies, water or liquids from the dish onto the table cloth. It consists essentially of a recess or flange formed around the side of the dish and adapted to catch any side drippings, all as herein after more fully set forth and described in the accompanylng specification and drawings. Mm

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the dish.

Fig. 2 is a cross section through the same.

Referring t the drawings, A represents the dish of any suitable or usual form having upwardly turned sides 10. In accordance with the present invention a recess or groove 11 is provided around the outer side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Serial No. 804,042.

adapted to catch any drippings. In the embodiment illustrated this recess is formed by an outwardly projecting flange 12.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of our invention, within the scope of the claim, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

IV hat we claim as our invention is:

A table dish having an inclined margin with a groove in its edge, adapted to receive End retain a small amount of drip or over- In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER Y. MCDONALD. DANIEL SULLIVAN.

Witnesses MARY A. CrnLDs, N. J. GILLIs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

